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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I always laugh at all the sahms who think having high salary good jobs consumes so much of life that you have no time for your kids or ability to attend to the home life.

This is either a delusion you tell yourself to justify not working, or if you're basing this on your husband working crazy hours, then your husband is either terrible at his job or [b]he hates his family since he's choosing to spend all his time at work.[/b]  All the men and women i know in the best, highest paying careers have pretty flexible lives. It's the people in low and middle class jobs that have the crappy life and no flexibility. But most men and women with high paying successful careers who want to carve out time for their families absolutely can.  If your husband "needed" you to stay home to succeed at his job, sounds like he's not very good at his job.

Interestingly, the exception to the above is... doctors, who often are required to work very long hours, depending on specialty. And for that reason, make absolutely lousy uninvolved husbands and fathers.  My friends married to doctors are all miserable, or alternatively, have little to do with their husbands in order to stay happy. Yuck. Good luck to the OP's daughter. [/quote]
It's this. These women would rather marry someone who is around 2h a week than have an actual partner. [/quote]

DH earns a seven figure income. Just because my husband earns a lot doesn’t mean he isn’t around. We know many very high income people. Sure, they may not be at school pick up at 3:30 but we eat dinner together every night. DH helps drive kids to sports and is very involved on weekends. He helped with bath time, bedtime, enjoys watching our kids play sports.

I’m not sure why you would think that a person who earns a high income would only spend 2 hours per week with their families. I’m on vacation now with very high earning people and they are the senior ones moving times of calls. The higher the earner, the more flexibility they often have. I’m a sahm now. My boss used to take the day off to golf all the time. He would go on vacation whenever he felt like it.[/quote]

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